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Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland zoological park on Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh; opened 22 July 1913 by Thomas Gillespie; 82 acres, over 2,500 animals; housed UK's only giant pandas 2011-2023; WildGenes genetics lab.
Edinger–Westphal nucleus
The Edinger–Westphal nucleus (E-W nucleus), described by Edinger in 1885 and Westphal in 1887, is a midbrain cell group whose preganglionic neurons control pupil constriction and lens accommodation.
Edinho (footballer, born 1970)
Edinho, Edson Cholbi do Nascimento (born 1970, Santos), son of Pelé, Brazilian goalkeeper for Santos and Ponte Preta, later coach, convicted in 2014 of money laundering and drug-trafficking association.
Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani (El Matador), Uruguayan striker born 1987 in Salto; Napoli, PSG (record 200 goals, six Ligue 1 titles), Manchester United, Valencia, Boca Juniors; Uruguay's second-highest scorer with 58 goals in 136 caps, 2011 Copa América winner.
Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima (エディオンピースウイング広島)
Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima (エディオンピースウイング広島, E-Peace) is a 28,520-seat soccer stadium in Hiroshima, opened February 1, 2024 as Sanfrecce Hiroshima's J1 home ground, EDION naming rights through January 2034.
Edip Cansever
Edip Cansever (Ömer Edip Cansever, 1928–1986) was a Turkish poet of the İkinci Yeni movement known for dramatic poems with named characters, such as Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım.
Ediriweera Sarachchandra
Ediriweera Sarachchandra, born Eustace Reginold de Silva, was a Sri Lankan playwright and university teacher who created modern Sinhala theater, best known for his 1956 play Maname.
Edirne
Edirne (Adrianople), city in Turkish Thrace; Ottoman capital 1361-1453; home of the Selimiye Mosque (1568-1575, Sinan's masterpiece, UNESCO site since 2011) and the Kırkpınar wrestling festival.
Edison (energy company)
Edison S.p.A. is an Italian energy company headquartered in Milan, founded in 1884 and controlled by the French utility EDF since 2012, with leading positions in Italian electricity and gas.
EDISON (EV project)
EDISON was a Danish research project, running from 2009 to 2011, that developed smart-charging and vehicle-to-grid technology for electric vehicles and demonstrated it on the island of Bornholm.
Edison Chen
Edison Chen (陳冠希, born 1980, Vancouver) is a Canadian-Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer who debuted with Emperor Entertainment Group in 2000, starred in Infernal Affairs, and co-founded the Hong Kong streetwear brand CLOT and the Juice stores with Kevin Poon.
Edison Chen photo scandal
Edison Chen photo scandal (陳冠希裸照事件, Sexy Photos Gate), January 2008 Hong Kong privacy breach: intimate photos of actor Edison Chen with female celebrities leaked from his computer, triggering arrests, his showbiz exit, and privacy-law debates.
Edison cylinder phonograph
The Edison cylinder phonograph is a family of sound-recording machines introduced by Thomas Edison in 1877 and made until 1929, recording sound as vertical grooves on wax and celluloid cylinders.
Edison Disc Record
The Edison Disc Record, sold as the Edison Diamond Disc, is an audio disc record made by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. from 1911 to 1929, played only on Edison phonographs.
Edison Electric Institute
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the trade association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, whose members serve nearly 250 million Americans. Founded in 1933, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Edison International
Edison International is a California-based holding company whose principal subsidiary, Southern California Edison, serves about 5.28 million electric customers across central, coastal, and southern California.
Edison Lighthouse
Edison Lighthouse, British pop act built by songwriters Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason around session singer Tony Burrows; their 1970 hit "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" topped the UK chart for five weeks and reached the US Top 5.
Edison Motors
Edison Motors Ltd. is a privately owned Canadian clean technology company in Donald, British Columbia, founded in 2021 by loggers Chace Barber and Eric Little to build diesel-electric hybrid trucks.
Edison Partners
Edison Partners is a growth-equity venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, that makes minority and control investments in fintech, healthcare IT, and vertical SaaS and AI companies.
Edison Records
Edison Records was the record label of Thomas Edison's phonograph companies, which made cylinder records from the late 1880s and Diamond Disc records from 1912 until recording ceased in 1929.
Edison screw
The Edison screw, also known as the Edison base, is the threaded lamp cap and socket system, introduced by Thomas Edison in 1880, used to secure light bulbs.
Edison T. Liu
Edison T. Liu, born Edison Tak-Bun Liu in 1952, is a cancer geneticist known for breast cancer genomics and the tandem duplicator phenotype, who led the Genome Institute of Singapore.
Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey: Middlesex County township incorporated as Raritan Township in 1870 and renamed for Thomas Edison in 1954. Population 107,588 (2020); Faulkner Act Plan E mayor-council government; Menlo Park laboratory site; major warehousing hub.
Edisto Island Serpentarium
Edisto Island Serpentarium, a reptile zoo on Highway 174, Edisto Island, SC, opened July 1999 by brothers Ted and Heyward Clamp; South Carolina's first true serpentarium, with 20+ alligators, hundreds of snakes, and low-walled outdoor exhibits.
edIT
edIT is the stage name of Edward Ma, an American electronic music producer who co-founded The Glitch Mob and released the 2004 glitch-hop debut Crying Over Pros for No Reason.
Edit distance
Edit distance, also called Levenshtein distance, measures how different two strings are through the minimum number of character insertions, deletions, and substitutions needed to transform one into the other.
Edita Piekha
Edita Piekha (Эдита Пьеха), born in France in 1937, is a Soviet and Russian estrada singer of Polish descent who built her career in Leningrad.
Editas Medicine
Editas Medicine is a Cambridge, Massachusetts gene editing company developing CRISPR-based medicines, founded in 2013 by Feng Zhang, George Church, David Liu, and J. Keith Joung.
Edith A. Perez
Edith A. Perez is an American oncologist and breast cancer researcher who led the NCCTG N9831 adjuvant trastuzumab trial and spent two decades at Mayo Clinic in Florida.
Edith Alauze
Édith Alauze (1908–1995) was a French athlete and footballer who set world records in three discontinued women's events in the mid-1920s, including the 83 meters hurdles.